Good Monday, folks. We’ve made it to the final day of August and the last day of Meteorological Summer and things are a little stormy for some. As we work into Meteorological fall that starts tomorrow, the pattern continues to look very active. If anything, it may ramp it up a few notches as this September looks to be the polar opposite of what happened around here last September.

Let’s kick things off with the scattered showers and storms out there today. This isn’t all day rains by any means, but some hot spots of heavy rainfall will be showing up. Here are your Monday storm trackers…

Temps today will be held into the 70s for most areas, but we have a rebound into the normal 80s on the way for the next few days. This comes with a continued threat for scattered showers and thunderstorms through Friday…

That’s when a cold front arrives around here and brings some refreshing air to end the week and kickoff the Labor Day weekend…

Highs in the 70s and lows pushing 50 sound good to ya for the start of Labor Day Weekend? 🙂

The setup behind this continues to look potent as we see an even deeper trough digging into the central and eastern sections of the country. This setup means additional rounds of showers and thunderstorms ahead of two big time fall cold fronts next week…

Check out the temperature departures from normal during the week…

That’s some big time early fall chill for much of the country, folks! I’ve been telling you for weeks that this September would be the polar opposite of last year when we dried and fried.  (Yes, I’m going to keep using that line and no one can stop me 🙂 ).

One thing to watch will be the tropics. Systems can sometimes alter patterns this time of year, so we need to be mindful of that going forward and there’s no shortage of potential out there…

I will have another update or two later today, so I expect to see you guys coming back for more.

Have a magnificent Monday and take care.